<p>I don't think my school even OFFERS that many AP classes. How do you do it? I will have only 6 by the time I am done (it would have been 7, but they recinded offering Spanish :-( ). I don't just take APs to have more APs, I am taking the ones I am interested in and want to challenge myself in. I'm taking the classes I want at the highest level they are offered. Does this make more sense than taking 12 APs?</p>
<p>For the record, mine are Physics C, Calc BC (the challenges; the other versions of these classes aren't offered), USH, Euro, Psych, and Lit/Comp (the interests).</p>
<p>He's right, I got to a very competitive public school and they offer like 25, and they're making a big deal by saying they will offer chinese the first year CB offers it. Thats how they get good students to come. Its very funny/sad though, because the school is like 30% asian but in the AP classes its like 60%, and the school is like 20% african american and there was only a single african american in any of my full AP schedule last year.</p>
<p>Seriously? I don't consider my high school to be super-competitive (at least compared to some of the things I read on CC), and it offers 31 AP classes. I've been here since the third grade, so I guess I've always expected that to be the norm.</p>
<p>Anyways back to your question, taking what you like definately "makes more sense" than just loading up on AP's, but since when do college admissions "make sense"? However, considering your high school doesn't offer that many APs in the first place (less than 12 you said?), six looks pretty good.</p>
<p>Mine offers...somewhere around 11, I think. However, our administration and scheduling makes it literally impossible to take more than eight, and most of the school is not allowed to take more than four. We have this rule that says you can only take two per year without getting permission from the administration--to take three, you have to write a proposal and go talk to the principal. To take four...I have no idea what you have to do. Probably something very similar with a lot more arguing. Compounded with the fact that sophomores can't take APs unless they've completed other credits at a different school before transferring here, and that most of the ones in a certain subject division meet at the same time, it's impossible to take all of the AP courses offered without doing independent studies in them.</p>
<p>...Not that I'd ever want to take that many. I think that's somewhat insane. o_O; And there are at least 31 AP courses? Geez, I didn't know that. Anyway, I'll be graduating with either five or six. I haven't decided if I want to do an independent study in AP Spanish or not. I'm thinking not, currently, because of the teacher. </p>
<p>Personally, I think it makes much more sense to take the ones you're interested in than to just cram the AP courses in. If you don't like the subject, it'll probably show in your grades.</p>
<p>Yeah... my school is really competitive and pretty small (200 students total in grades 9-12) so we only have around 15 AP classes bc if we had any more there would be like 2 kids per class (if enough people have an interest in a particular AP they'll offer it). As it is now, only about 7-10 people can be in each AP class and it's really hard to get into the classes (bc taking the AP test is required and they want everyone to get 5s). Also APs at my school are insane. So basically if they take any, most people take 1 in junior yr 1-2 sr year. My friend (who's a genius) took 3 APs jr year and everyone thought she was crazy. I've never heard of anyone taking 4 in one year.</p>
<p>My school offers 14 APs and is not at all competitive. I took two APs freshman year, two sophomore year, planning on three in junior year, and four in senior year. The only ones offered that I'm not taking are AP French and AP German since it is impossible to take multiple foreign language APs and I am already in Spanish. Normally we aren't allowed to take APs frosh/soph years, but the school made an exception for me because I'm special :D</p>
<p>I would love to selfstudy AP Spanish, but it's very hard to get the admins to let a student selfstudy ANYTHING here. So I am basically ending up with the highest level possible in all the classes I actually WANTED to take, instead of just trying to make myself look good for college apps by taking "ALL the AP classes". Anyway, I've never heard of anyone in my school taking more than maybe 7. And only one instance of anyone taking one as a Sophomore. (It is literally impossible to take Lit/Comp, Calc, and others before senior year because of prerequisites.)</p>
<p>You don't need to get school credit if you want to self-study, just tell the AP coordinator to order you a test and do whatever you want to self-study it.</p>
<p>At my school we offer I think either 12 or 13 AP's and the odds are the most you could take is probably seven or eight [both on interests and capabilites since no one self-studies really] so that when someone takes more than three it's really a big deal though we're not really a very competitive school though the most competitive students take six or seven AP's [and we can't start taking them till junior year (which we can only take chem, bio or gov in junior year)] so yeah no one will ever hit 12 in our school.</p>
<p>Ok, so if I plan to take the AP exam for Spanish because they're not offering the class, should I ask if it can be noted on my transcript? I don't know where else I would put in on an app. Does it fit in with anything else?</p>
<p>Soph - Stat (intead of lunch)
Junior - Calc AB, APUSH, micro/macro (indepent study instead of lunch)
Senior - Calc BC, Enligh Lang, US GOPO, Chem, Bio, phych (self study could do instead of lunch, but took a different elective).
well thats only 11, I could have taken french 2 frosh year and go take AP french senior, but the Germans kick the french ass, and they only offer up to level 4.</p>
<p>Clearly its doable, just use all the time you can, forgo lunch waste of time for intellectual curiosity.</p>
<p>@mike: When do you eat?
@Serendipity: I'm talking about the end of my senior year (I'm a rising senior), so this would be long after apps and acceptance.</p>